Photos: Bird Photos

Photos of birds, mostly, birds in the wild. I am a birdwatcher, and many of these pictures were taken while I was birding and surveying for eBird.

A woodpecker with a deep red head, and extensive white on the back, perched in a bare branch of an oak with lots of dense foliage underneath

Red-Headed Woodpecker, University of Delaware

A bright red bird perched on a bare branch atop a broken dead tree in a forest

Summer Tanager, Alverthorpe Park, Jenkintown, PA

A bright red bird, summer tanager, perched on a horizontal branch in a hardwood forest

Summer Tanager, Alverthorpe Park, Jenkintown, PA (Second Photo)

A somewhat blurry picture of a red-necked grebe in ripply water

Red Necked Grebe in the Schuylkill River

Two rusty blackbirdss on an ice-covered grassy area

Rusty Blackbirds in Phillips Park, Newark, Delaware

A scissor-tailed flycatcher, a kingbird-like bird with a very long tail, perched among fall foliage

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Bartram's Garden

A scissor-tailed flycatcher, a kingbird-like bird with a very long tail, perched on a dead tree among dense fall foliage

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Bartram's Garden

A canada warbler with tail up, hidden behind some dense vegetation

Canada Warbler (August), Cobbs Creek Park, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

A yellow-bellied Kingbird, unidentified species

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Species, Gray's Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia, 4

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

Yellow Bellied Kingbird Sp. (Tropical or Couch's), Grays Ferry Crescent Trail, Philadelphia

A swainson's thrush, singing in an American holly tree

Swainsons Thrush, Singing, Kaskey Park, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

A green heron, showing bold colored plumage, perched on a branch with flowering catkins

Green Heron Perched on Branch, Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia

A blue-headed vireo, sitting upright on a branch, with foliage surrounding

Blue Headed Vireo, Sitting Upright, Cobbs Creek Park, Philadelphia

A chipping sparrow, in a gravely area

Chipping Sparrow, Bartram's Garden

An American Black Duck, with dark brown body and yellow bill, in water, with ripples

American Black Duck, Duck Pond, Haverford College

Two common mergansers, brightly colored diving ducks, swimming in ripply water with reflection of trees and reeds

Common Mergansers, Female and Male, John Heinz NWR

A great blue heron standing on ice in a frozen wetland

Great Blue Heron on Ice in Winter, John Heinz NWR

A rufous hummingbird perched in bare branches in winter

Rufous Hummingbird, Palmyra Cove Nature Center

A Great Blue Heron wading in a swampy area

Great Blue Heron, John Heinz NWR, Philadelphia

A first winter white-crowned sparrow, fairly drab, perched on a black chain-link fence

White Crowned Sparrow, First Winter, on a Chain-Link Fence

A fall magnolia warbler in a tree

Magnolia Warbler, Fall, in a Dogwood Tree

A yellowlegs sandpiper standing in water with vegetation.

Yellowlegs (Sandpiper) - Is it a Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs?

A common tern, flying, with water in the background

Common Tern in Flight, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, New Jersey

Common tern, perched on a rock, with water in background

Common Tern, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, New Jersey

A juvenile cooper's hawk, showing brown streaks on pale breast, yellow eye, and long, gray striped tail, against a leafy background.

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia

A willow flycatcher, perched on a bare branch, with dense bright green leaves in the background

Willow Flycatcher, Bartram's Garden

A white-throated sparrow singing, perched on the top of a spruce tree, against blue sky

White Throated Sparrow, Singing, Mount Graylock

A male black-throated blue warbler, perched on a branch, against leaves and behind a few branches

Black Throated Blue Warbler (Adult Male), Mount Greylock

A juvenile yellow-crowned night-heron, perched on the edge of dense vegetation on the edge of a muddy stream.

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker on a thick tree branch, showing black back with white spots and yellow sttreaking, yellowish breast, and a faint hint of red on the top of its head

Juvenile Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

A red-tailed hawk carrying a large stick, in a black walnut tree

Red Tailed Hawk with Stick

A black-and-white warbler, small, black and white striped bird, on a small branch or large twig, with blurry branches in the background

Black and White Warbler, Fall, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia

A brown-headed cowbird, perched on a fence, with black body, dark brown head, and very heavy, stout black bill

Brown-headed Cowbird, Male

Six male brown-headed cowbirds on a fence, with a blooming meadow in the background and grass seedheads in the foreground

Brown-headed Cowbirds (Male) on a Fence

Two house sparrows on a coarse gray street, with a piece of food in between, the one an adult male showing bold black throat patch and reddish on head, the other a juvenile begging for food

House Sparrows with Food, in Street

Colorful photo showing a park bench with a bird perched on it, and a colorful flower garden on the other side of the street

Eastern Phoebe on a Park Bench, near a Flower Garden

A gray juvenile bird with a few yellowish feathers, and a yellow bird, perched on a branch, surrounded by weedy foliage

Juvenile Yellow Warbler with its Mother

Water with several adult Canada Geese, and several large, partly grown goslings following them

Canada Geese with Large Goslings, John Heinz NWR

Red-winged blackbird, a jet black bird with a bright red shoulder-patch lined with a bright yellow edge, on a bare branch looking downward, about to leap off in flight

Red-winged Blackbird About To Launch

A marsh wren, a small brownish bird, holding its tail cocked upwards, on a reed bending over under the bird's weight, with another read and some foliage on the side of the photo, sky in the background

Marsh Wren on a Reed

A tree swallow, showing shiny blue top, grayish wings, and white breast, perched on a dead branch, with foliage of a tree behind, against a bright blue sky

Tree Swallow Perched on Dead Branch

A cattle egret in flight, a large white egret with a stout neck, yellow bill, short, rounded wings, and yellow crest

Cattle Egret Flying

Female common yellowthroat, a drab small bird with a yellowish breast and throat, brown back, eye ring, and yellow tail

Common Yellowthroat Female

An orchard oriole, a bird with a black head and back and dark red breast, and thin black bill, perched in dense foliage of a scarlet oak

Orchard Oriole in Scarlet Oak, Bartram's Garden

A black-throated blue warbler, small bird with black face and throat, white breast and underside, and gray-blue back, in a tree

Black-throated Blue Warbler, Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia

Black-and-white warbler, a small, black and white striped bird, on a branch of an oak tree, with yellowish green leaves and sky in the background

Black-and-White Warbler, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia

An ovenbird, foraging for food in some mulch, photo clearly showing dark-spotted white breast, olive-brown back, crown stripe, and eye ring

Ovenbird, Kaskey Park, UPenn, Philadelphia

Warbling vireo, a small, drab gray bird, climbing among branches

Warbling Vireo in Bartram's Garden

Chipping sparrow feeding in weedy grass, with abundant dandelion flowers and seedheads

Chipping Sparrow in Cobbs Creek Park

Bonaparte's gull, against water, showing the upperside of wings with bold but narrow M pattern

Bonaparte's Gull on the Delaware River

Two Bonaparte's gulls, showing underside of the wings and pink legs, with water behind them

Bonaparte's Gulls on the Delaware River

Photo of a hermit thrush perched on a branch, from behind, showing brown upper back and reddish rump and tail

Hermit Thrush - Reddish Tail and Rump

A wild turkey flying over wetlands, with reeds in foreground, water, and a blur of bare vegetation in the background

Wild Turkey Flying

Male American Robin, chubby, with vibrant red breast, in grass, with scattered dead leaves

American Robin (Male) on Lawn

White-breasted nuthatch, climbing down a tree trunk, upside down

White-Breasted Nuthatch, Upside Down

A black vulture, walking towards the camera, on mostly dead grass

Black Vulture, Walking

Two Egpyptian geese landing in a wetland in winter, showing bold white and black on wings and a black ring around the eye, with three ducks in the wetland too

Egyptian Geese Landing, Newark, Delaware

A somewhat chaotic jumble of blackbirds, flying out of trees and departing

Blackbird Flock Departing

A male ruby-crowned kinglet perched in wild black cherry foliage, with the kinglet showing a bright red crest on top of a stocky, grayish head and body, flat triangular bill, and yellow stripes on the wings

Male Ruby Crowned Kinglet

A row of graylag geese, some white, some gray, and some mixed, walking in a line through a grassy park towards a pond, with some rocks in the foreground and trees in the background

Graylag Geese, Carousel Farm Park, Delaware

A great egret, large white heron-like bird with a yellow bill and long, gray legs, walking on a muddy island in a small pond, with a dead tree on the right and reeds along the pond's edge in the background

Great Egret, Delaware Technology Park

Photo of an American Robin nest in a cedar (Juniper) bush, showing characteristic round shape, with one blue egg visible, and a few nestlings

American Robin Nest with Egg and Nestlings

A juvenile mockingbird in a tree, looking like a mockingbird but with a more delicate bill, with a brick wall in the background

Juvenile Mockingbird in a Tree

A robin nest, with small blue eggs, showing round, neat construction of sticks, mud, and a few pieces of trash, in a cedar (juniper) bush

Robin Nest with Eggs

A chipping sparrow singing on the ground next to the base of a pine tree trunk, with pine needle litter, grass, a few other plants, and a utility hole cover on the right

Chipping Sparrow, University of Delaware, Laird Campus

A male house finch, showing bright red wash on head, stubby gray bill, and streaked breast, in a black walnut tree, with sturdy gray limbs and young foliage yellow-green in bright sunlight

Male House Finch in Black Walnut Tree

Two female red-winged blackbirds on reeds, showing mostly camoflaged patterning, streaked breasts and striped face, and dark tail, with some green visible in the background

Female Red-winged Blackbirds on Reeds, Newark, Delaware

A Canada Goose in a shallow creek, with box elder foliage in the foreground

Canada Goose, White Clay Creek, and Box Elders

A great blue heron wading in a muddy creek in spring, with the watre showing a reflection of trees with light green spring foliage

Great Blue Heron, White Clay Creek State Park

A large piece of driftwood sticking out of relatively calm water, with a male mallard duck resting on it, and a canada goose swimming away in the background

Driftwood in Lake Erie, and a Mallard

A wild turkey and a partly-grown chick in a grassy lawn

Wild Turkey with Chick